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Weitas Guard Station Camp

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 46.55453, -115.43775
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U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
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USGS topographic map of Weitas Guard Station Camp
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Aerial image of Weitas Guard Station Camp
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Weather outlook — at Weitas Guard Station Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,750 ft.
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.

Everything you need — measured from Weitas Guard Station Camp · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 16 miWDump · 48 miDCrossroads (Exxon) · Propane · 56 miPFuel · 34 miFLochsa Convenience store · Grocery · 34 miGMineral Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 51 miRxJacobs Lumber Company · Hardware · 36 miHExtreme Auto Repair · Mechanic · 54 miMElk City Clinic · Urgent care · 50 mi+Rae Bros. Sporting Goods · Outfitter · 54 miOMail · 38 mi@CLRWTR RVR CSNO IT'SEYEYECASINO · EV fast charger · 36 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • WWater16 mi
  • FFuel34 mi
  • GGrocery34 mi
  • HHardware36 mi
  • EVEV fast charger36 mi
  • @Mail38 mi
  • DDump48 mi
  • +Urgent care50 mi
  • RxPharmacy51 mi
  • MMechanic54 mi
  • OOutfitter54 mi
  • PPropane56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 34 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 36-mi run (and back).

One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗

The site — Weitas Guard Station Camp

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,750 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
46.55453, -115.43775
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Weitas Guard Station Camp · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureWeitas Creek (river) · nearby
  • Nearest townPierce · ~17.7 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • Fuelnone within 30 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Groceriesnone within 30 mi
  • Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.

EV charging — from Weitas Guard Station Camp · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Weitas Guard Station Camp · Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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Other camps near Weitas Guard Station Camp

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The unit that manages Weitas Guard Station Camp

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Weitas Guard Station Camp are set by Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is Crater Meadows at 5,960 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 3,210 ft higher than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.

How we know this — Weitas Guard Station Camp

Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.

What we don’t know about Weitas Guard Station Camp

A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.

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